Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage. (Walter Lord)

Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage.

Walter Lord

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